Under U.S. immigration law, there are certain relatives that U.S. citizens are allowed to petition for permanent resident status for. Brothers and sisters are included among the family members citizens can sponsor for a green card. As a note, a citizen has to be...
Family Immigration
Green cards and children of U.S. citizens
Living in a different country than one's child, whatever their age, can be very hard for a parent. Thus, one thing a parent who is a U.S. citizen who has a child who is not a U.S. citizen may strongly desire is to get a green card for their child so their child can...
The immigration backlog problem — Part 3
Over the last couple of weeks, we have taken a look at the immigration backlog problem. We talked about the astounding number of cases that are in limbo, and how financial resources are being funneled towards border control as opposed to judicial processes. We talked...
The many ways that immigration legal action can be appealed
When it comes to immigration decisions and actions, everything can seem permanent. It would be understandable to think that any decision made by a ruling body or any act taken by a ruling body can't be appealed or changed. Given the serious nature of immigration laws...
Obtaining legal status for your spouse
The opportunity to work or live in the United States is an incredible moment for many people. When that chance is afforded to them, though, they likely have to leave their family and loved ones behind to seize the opportunity. Thankfully, there are ways for immigrants...
You can do this: avoiding your immigration issue isn’t the answer
In the time that this blog has existed, we have tackled many difficult topics. Immigration is an inherently difficult area of law, so this may not be very surprising. But what many people may think is that since this is a difficult and convoluted area of law, it may...
Guarantees are hard to come by when it comes to immigration
When someone is dealing with an immigration issue, the matter usually doesn't just entail the future of the individual in question. That person has a family, and the immigration proceedings can greatly affect the family as well. There is so much at stake in these...
The startling rise of the U visa
There are so many visas out there that it is tough to summarize and deal with them all on just one blog. We have spoken at length about visas for gifted or highly skilled people, as well as some more basic visas for people from many different countries. We've also...
Families have options when their legal status gets murky
We've talked a lot on this blog about families who are trying to either enter the United States or are just trying to stay in the U.S. These are two very different goals that have two very different legal processes, but the end goal is the same: getting good people...
On B-visas and state and federal immigration laws
When most people think about the term "immigration" and the major points that this loaded word brings up, they probably think about a family that is just trying to cross the border and get U.S. citizenship. While this isn't necessarily wrong in some cases, there are...